Date:	Tuesday 21 December 1999
Time:	09:40
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
Owner/operator:	Cubana de Aviación
Registration:	F-GTDI
MSN:	46890/77
Year of manufacture:	1973
Total airframe hrs:	85760 hours
Cycles:	27331 flights
Engine model:	General Electric CF6-50C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 314
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA) -   Guatemala
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA)
Destination airport:	Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT)
Investigating agency:	BEA
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft overran the wet runway 19 on landing, went down a steep slope and crashed into 10 houses past the runway end.
Weather was reported to include a 360deg wind at 8 knots, 6nm visibility and cloud base at 2200 feet agl.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident is the result of an overshoot on a wet runway, with the crew failing to go around, followed by insufficient deceleration.
The overshoot happened after a visual stabilized approach with the use of PAPI."

FAA
Juan Carlos Munoz R.
Norman E. Avila
Steve Caisse
Tommy Maurer

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

24 July 1987

TU-TAL

Air Afrique

1

Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA)

unk

photo (c) Juan Carlos Munoz R.; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Norman Avila; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Juan Carlos Munoz R.; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Juan Carlos Munoz R.; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Norman Avila; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Norman Avila; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Norman Avila; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Norman Avila; Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA); 21 December 1999

photo (c) Karl Krämer, via Werner Fischdick; München (MUC); May 1999

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